Can-opener.



B. E. MORSE.

CAN OPENER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20, 1908.

927,744. Patented July 13, 1909.

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BENJAMIN E. MORSE, OF CANTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CAN-OPENER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN E. Mensa, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Canton, county of Norfolk, and State of hlassachusetts,have made certain new and useful Inventions Relating to Can-Openers, ofwhich the following is a specification, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing, forming part of the same.

This invention relates to can openers and relates especially to leveropeners adapted to be pivotally mounted on the cover flange of tin cansor the like so as to engage the lip or other part of the can body anddisengage the cover therefrom.

In the accompanying drawings showing in a somewhat diagrammatic manneran illustrative embodiment of this invention and in which the samereference numeral refers to similar parts in the several figures: Figure1 is a side elevation of a can and attached opener, parts being brokenaway. Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section of the cover and attachedopener. Fig. 3 is a similar sectional view before the parts have beenassembled.

The opener lever may be pivotally mounted on either the cover or bodymember of the can in such position as to engage the cooperating memberin opening the can. The opener lever may, for example, be pivotallymounted on the cover flange so as to engage a cooperating portion whenoperated and force the cover from the can to the desired extent. Theopener lever 7 may if desired be pivotally secured to the cover flange 3by forming an integral pivot 12 on the lever adj acent its end which maybe formed with a substantially flat shoulder adjacent the pivot to makea more perfect joint with the cover flange in which a suit-able hole 11may be formed in any desired way to accommodate the pivot. A suitablehandle such as (3 may be secured to the lever pivot in any desired wayas by forming a square aperture 10 in the reduced end 8 of the handle soas to ac commodate the correspondingly shaped end 5 of the lever pivot.The pivot may then be forced through the hole 1.1 and its end insertedinto the aperture 10 in the handle and secured therein as by riveting soas to form the desired operating connection between the lever andhandle.

The lever is preferably formed with a suitable alining groove 9extending around its op- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 20, 1908.

Patented July 13, 1909.

Serial No. 463,522.

crating edges or faces so as to engage more definitely the lip 4 of thecan body. Then in operation the edge 14 of the opener lever passesbetween the cover flange and can lip and guides the latter into thealining groove. It is thus apparent that as the handle 6 is swungdownward from the position indicated in Fig. 1 the opener lever 7engages the can lip 4 and further movement forces the cover 13 from thecan 1 to the desired extent, the lever .being shown of such length inthe illustrative embodiment that it is adapted to force the cover clearof the can on the side where the opener acts, although of course this isnot necessary in all cases. By pivotally securing the opener to thecover flange in this way a -firm and substantially tight joint is madepreventing any leakage of the contents from the can and the opener beingattached to the cover is removed therewith so as not to interfere in anyway with the use of the can which a decided advantage with cans or tinboxes adapted to contain stove polish and the like.

When the handle is swung up into horizontal position on either side ofthe pivot the cover may be replaced upon the can and the opener operatedas described in removing the cover since the opener lever is ofsymmetrical form and has the same opening action when forced downward ineither direction. Furthermore, the opener when mounted on the coverflange as illustrated does not interfore with the api ilication of aband label 2 to the can in the regular way.

Having described this invention in connection with an illustrativeembodiment thercof, to the details of which disclosure the invention isnot of course to be limited, what is claimed as new and what is desiredto be socured by Letters i'atent is set forth in the ap pended claims.

1. In can openers, an opener lever provided with opposed operating faceshaving, an alining groove and edge extending along the same and providedwith a pivot having a square end projecting from said opener adjacentone end of the same, there being a flat shoulder around said pivot, acover having a tion to engage the can lip in opening the can and toallow the application of a band label to said can.

2. In can openers, anopener lever provided with opposed operating. faceshaving an aiming groove extendmg valong said faces and provided with apivot having a square,

end, a' cover having a pivot aperture formed in its flange and a handleformed with a squarehole in Which the end of said pivot is fastened toconnect said pivoted handle with said opener lever and to mount saidlever on said handle with said opener lever and to 20 mount said leveron the inner face of said cover in position to engage the can in openmgthe same when sald opener lever is swung handleand a pivot extendingthrough said can member and connecting said lever and handle, said leverbeing thereby pivotally mounted on said member in position to engage thecooperating can member and open the can When said lever is swung out ofeither laterally inoperative positions.

BENJAMIN E. MORSE; Witnesses ALBERT F. MORSE, ABNER MoRsE.

